Indonesian Export Ban Puts Mining in Chaos
Indonesia’s four-year-old plan to ban the export of raw mineral ore in an effort to foster a domestic processing industry comes into effect on Jan. 12 with little preparation, to the frustration of the mining companies that control the export of gold, bauxite and other raw materials.
Meetings last week with lawmakers failed to produce a compromise, altho…
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